page_title: Refik Koraltan
section_title: Political career
hierarchical_section_title: Refik Koraltan / Political career
caption_attribution_description: English: Bekir Refik Bey (Koraltan)
context_page_description: Refik Koraltan was a Turkish politician, having served as the Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey from May 22, 1950 to May 27, 1960.
context_section_description: Koraltan entered public service as an assistant prosecutor and became the Attorney General of Karaman in 1915. He was assigned as police inspector on March 2, 1918 and charged as Chief of Police of Trabzon on May 29, 1918. During this duty, he facilitated the establishment of the "Society of Defence of the National Rights to counteract the Pontus Rum Organizations" that started to appear after the end of World War I.
  He was elected in the TBMM as the Deputy of Konya in 1920 and reelected from the same city for three more terms.
  He served as Governor of Bursa Province from 1939 to 1942.
  He served briefly as governor of Konya Province before returning to the parliament six more terms. In 1946, he quit from the CHP and formed the Democratic Party together with Celal Bayar, Adnan Menderes and Mehmet Fuat Köprülü. Finally, he served as the Speaker of the TBMM from May 22, 1950 until May 27, 1960.
  Koraltan died on June 17, 1974 in Istanbul, and is buried in Ankara.
caption: Refik Koraltan in the 1920s
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